Leader NFT monthly rise by a hundred times, does the BRC 2.0 upgrade ignite a new round of BTC ecosystem?

Original / Odaily

Author / Golem

Recently, with the BRC 2.0 upgrade approaching, related assets have sparked a wealth effect, leading some Degen in the market to once again focus on the Bitcoin ecosystem. Over the past month, the transaction price of the leading NFT project Adderrels in the BRC 2.0 series skyrocketed from 0.0001269 BTC (approximately $15) to 0.019 BTC (approximately $2300), achieving an investment return of over 100 times.

What changes will the BRC 2.0 upgrade bring to the BRC 20 protocol? How are the surrounding assets and gameplay currently? Odaily will briefly introduce the BRC 2.0 upgrade in this article and review the conceptual assets and their gameplay in the market.

BRC 2.0 Upgrade Overview

BRC 2.0 is not a new protocol, but an upgrade to the BRC 20 protocol launched by the core co-maintainer Best in Slot. In short, this upgrade aims to enable EVM-compatible smart contract functionality for all BRC 20 tokens, supporting advanced financial applications such as DeFi, stablecoins, DeFAI, DAOs, RWA, and more.

The Best in Slot team has been brewing this upgrade since January 2025 and has already received widespread support from the BRC 20 ecosystem, including the Layer 1 Foundation led by BRC 20 protocol founder domo, Unisat, OKX Wallet, and others. In short, BRC 2.0 is not a “wild protocol” that emerged out of nowhere, but rather a “conspiracy” by the core builders to bring BRC 20 back into the public eye.

However, the BRC 2.0 upgrade achieves programmability in a way that is not particularly impressive, and can be classified as an off-chain processing solution. As shown in the figure below, the BRC 2.0 programmable module designed by Best in Slot integrates the EVM executor with the BRC 20 indexer, and the final state updates are also completely updated on the Bitcoin chain by the BRC 20 indexer. In other words, the “EVM executor” does not run on the public chain, and users can only trust the correct contract interaction results updated on-chain by the BRC 20 indexer. In addition, Best in Slot has also revealed in an announcement that it will create a gas-free application chain for BTCFi to eliminate the 10-minute delay and cost barriers of the Bitcoin mainnet.

Therefore, there is also a viewpoint in the market that the programmability of the BRC 2.0 upgrade has a low level of decentralization and carries the risk of a single point of failure.

In addition to programmability, Best in Slot has launched the “Ordinal Locker” to enhance the interoperability between BRC 20 and Ordinals. This feature utilizes Bitcoin’s time-lock mechanism, allowing users to lock Ordinals assets, unlocking mining, staking, airdrops, or voting gameplay for BRC 20. The “Ordinal Locker” supports 5 different locking duration options: 1 hour, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, and 1 year. The rapid surge in the floor price of the BRC 2.0 concept leading NFT Adderrels is also related to this feature.

BRC 2.0 will launch on the mainnet on August 14

According to the official roadmap of Best in Slot, the successful completion of the BRC 2.0 upgrade requires two phases:

• Phase 1: Enable 6-character BRC 20 tokens and launch the launchpad

The first phase will take place at block height 909969 (around August 14). BRC 2.0 will enable 6-character BRC 20 tokens when launching on the Bitcoin mainnet (currently, BRC 20 tokens only support 4-character and 5-character tokens). At that time, anyone will be able to deploy 6-character BRC 20 tokens. Meanwhile, these new 6-character BRC 20 tokens will also immediately gain “programmability.”

In addition, Best in Slot will launch a custom launch platform for creating programmable virtual assets based on BRC 2.0 when the mainnet starts.

• Phase Two: Convert all BRC 20 tokens into programmable assets

The second phase will take place at block 914888 around September 17, (. After the completion of this phase, both 4-character and 5-character BRC 20 tokens will be programmable.

) BRC 2.0 Revival Pre-Runes Gameplay

Even though the BRC 2.0 upgrade has not yet arrived, the 6-character BRC 20 tokens are still not supported for issuance. However, similar to the pre-speculation of various Pre-Runes assets before the official release of the Runes protocol in 2024, the market has already begun to speculate on Pre-BRC 2.0 conceptual assets. These NFT projects all claim that they will airdrop BRC 2.0 tokens in the future. However, there are also “entrepreneurial schemes” among them. Below is a summary of the recently popular Pre-BRC 2.0 assets; investors should discern for themselves.

Adderrels

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Adderrels is the first BRC 2.0 conceptual NFT, with a total of 3420 pieces. Minting opens on July 1st, priced at 0.0001269 BTC (approximately $15). The current floor price is 0.013 BTC (approximately $1600), yielding over a hundred times.

On July 10, Adderrels announced its tokenomics, with a total supply of 1 billion tokens: 15% allocated to the treasury, 10% to the liquidity pool, 28% to holder airdrops, 27% to staking NFT rewards, 10% to public sales, and 10% to social. Currently, Adderrels has locked 2041 NFTs through Ordinal Locker, accounting for 59.7% of the total. At the same time, the official announcement stated that there will be another unannounced airdrop snapshot before the launch of BRC 2.0.

LIQUID

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LIQUID claims to be the first Pre-BRC 2.0 token minted on Ordinals, with a total supply of 50,000, where each NFT represents 1,000 LiQUID tokens, resulting in a total token supply of 50 million. LIQUID opened free minting on July 25, with the current floor price at 0.000078 BTC (approximately 8 USD), and a market cap of only 400,000 USD. According to the official description, players holding the NFT will receive token airdrops without the need for staking.

Early Birds

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Early Birds claims to be the first BRC 2.0 series NFT with staking functionality, with a total supply of 5000, and one NFT corresponds to 1000 birdie tokens, which will be airdropped after the completion of the BRC 2.0 upgrade. The current floor price of Early Birds is 0.00063 BTC, with 1877 NFTs staked, resulting in a staking rate of 37.5%. Staked NFTs can earn more token rewards.

buttmullets

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buttmullets is an NFT project closely related to Adderrels, and all Adderrels staking addresses are whitelisted and eligible for future token airdrops. Due to its relationship with Adderrels, minting opened at 0:00 on July 28, with a total supply of 3333, priced at 0.00012 BTC. It was quickly sold out after launch, and the current floor price is 0.00058 BTC (approximately 60 USD).

Griftmo

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Griftmo has a total supply of 3888, with a public sale price of 0.00008 BTC, and minting opens on July 28. This NFT is currently live on Magic Eden, with a floor price of 0.00009 BTC, which is almost no difference from the public sale price. Additionally, the project has not revealed any token airdrop opportunities related to BRC 2.0, but still gained the opportunity for official interaction from Best in Slot.

Currently, the Pre-BRC 2.0 conceptual assets are mixed, and the thresholds for obtaining a whitelist or engaging with officials are very low. Investors should participate with caution.